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Matthias Gephart is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Berlin, Germany, who is revisiting his roots in graffiti in a project that incorporates his creative interests. He is always in search for abandoned spaces that held the unknown quality like empty houses or factories.

“Typography in urban space does not necessarily need to be limited to writing names on walls. I prefer to set the focus on an inter-action with the specific athmosphere of the environment and write a message, a poem or a dadaist info that suits the situation. Ruins of industrial architecture have shaped our landscapes – they seem to materialise as a melancholic victory over the idea of never-ending progress, but re-definition is just at hand.”